Lecture by Undersecretary Enrique Manalo, Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines
Enrique A. Manalo is a Filipino diplomat and currently the Undersecretary for Policy of the DFA. He served as Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines from March 9 to May 17, 2017. He also served as Undersecretary for Policy from 2007 to 2010. He has represented the Philippines and has served as the chairman of various international meetings and conferences, the latest of which is the Senior Officials Meeting during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting Retreat (AMM Retreat) in Boracay, Malay, Aklan, last February 20. Before his appointment as the Undersecretary for Policy, Undersecretary Manalo previously served as the Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2016; Non-Resident Philippine Ambassador to Ireland from 2013 to 2016; Philippine Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, and Head of the Philippine Mission to the European Union from 2010 to 2011; and Philippine Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Philippine Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland from 2003 to 2007.
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Raffaele Marchetti, LUISS Guido Carli
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Thomas Christiansen, Maastricht University
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